Microwave News: New Clues on Colorectal Cancer in Young Adults
Higher Risks When Cell Phone Is Carried Below the Waist
Could the common habit of keeping a cell phone in a trouser pocket help explain why so many young people have been developing colon and rectal cancer over the last 20 years?Maybe so, according to a new study presented last month at the annual conference of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology in Santiago, Chile.
Depending on where you carry the phone, the cancer risk, usually small among those under 50, might be up to 12 times higher.
It’s only a pilot study and the results are uncertain, but there aren’t many other known risk factors beyond obesity, smoking, bad diet and lack of exercise, which cannot fully explain what’s going on.
Still, this new hypothesis is facing resistance.
Check out the Microwave News article here.